Illegal migrants were detained by the U.S. Coast Guard Southern California as part of Saturday's "alien expulsion flight operations."
The Coast Guard started flying migrants to states along the border on Saturday. The Air Force is assigned to fly them out of the country.
The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been terminated amid border, recruitment concerns, "erosion of trust," a senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News.
The Trump administration ousted Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan, who is the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military.
The United States Coast Guard rescued four people after receiving a call on Thursday about a collision between two fishing boats south of Block Island.
The commandant of the US Coast Guard has been removed from her position over “leadership deficiencies” and “operational failures,” a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while eliminating all the members of a key aviation security advisory group.
The deployment was ordered after the Trump administration signaled its intent to rename the Gulf of Mexico and moved quickly to fire the Coast Guard commandant.
The U.S. military is working to free a Canadian ship trapped in the icy waters of Lake Erie near the Buffalo, NY shoreline.
The first woman to lead a branch of the armed forces was relieved of command within 24 hours of President Trump’s inauguration.
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, who made history as the first female uniformed leader of a U.S. military branch, was unexpectedly ousted by President Trump less than 24 hours into